6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Half term

A reminder that we break up for half term next Friday, 17th October, school will reopen on Tuesday 4th November.

We have 2 weeks now inline with all 318 Trust schools. The children still do the 190 days per year as statutory, we have disaggregated or ‘moved’ days so that we work slightly longer in July, finishing on 22nd July. The aim of this being that families can have a longer break in the Autumn, which is the longest and often the hardest term, providing time to reset the batteries ready for long winter term. We know that this has been a popular decision with some families making use of cheaper holidays at this time.

Monday 3rd November is a planned PD day for all 318 Trust schools, this is our Trust Conference day, providing high quality professional development for all staff.

6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Swimming

As you may be aware, Market Drayton swimming pool is due to close next Tuesday for repairs due to a rather large leak. Due to this the swimming plans for KS2 have been amended.

Next week Y5&6 will now have their last lesson on Monday 13th October. There will be no lesson on Friday 17th as the pool will be closed by then. We just managed to squeeze in their session before they closed! Huge thanks to Leanne Bradley who has made this possible for us.

Unfortunately we do not have any new scheduled dates for Y3&4 but it will no longer be straight after half term as originally planned. We await further information from the pool staff and will let you know when lessons can commence when the pool reopens.

6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Parents evenings 11th and 12th November

Parents/Carers are invited to attend our parents evening after half term to discuss how their child/ren have settled into their new class and the progress they are making. This is also an opportunity to see their learning books and leave them a ‘positive post-it’ to celebrate their achievements. We ask that all parents attend, ensuring that they can meet the teacher/s and therefore work together to ensure a strong educational partnership for the bests interests of the children.

We use an online booking system to enable families to book their own convenient time slots, the times will be available to book via School Cloud from Wednesday 15^th October. Parents need to log in to School Cloud using their first name, surname and email address, this must be the same information registered with school. A letter with the log in link will be sent home next week. Parents will then be able to access the parents evening and book a slot for their child. We ask that separated parents come together and have one appointment per child, unless there is a court order or other safety reason why this cannot take place. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Mrs Lyall. If you are having difficulty booking a slot, please see your child’s teacher in the first instance.

The booking system will open for parents on Wednesday 15^th October at 3pm
The booking system will close for parents on Monday 10th November at 4pm
Parents evenings are on Tuesday 11^th November 3.30 – 5.00pm and Wednesday 12^th November 3.30 – 7.30pm. Parents only need to book one appointment per child on one of the optional days, we have two days to ensure we can meet demand.

We look forward to seeing you.

Mrs Lyall

6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Author visit and book signing option

On Tuesday we are excited that James Warwood, an author and illustrator, will be joining us as part of our Careers and Aspirations week. James will be working with all children across the day. He will start the day with a whole school assembly before reading one of his books to Classes R, 1 and 2. Classes 3-6 will then have a illustrator workshop with James where he will work on character drawing.

This day has been kindly funded by the PTA.

James will be holding a book sale after school in class 1 if any children would like to purchase his books. Please see the attached poster. Cash or card payments on the day only.

Mrs Bessant, English Lead.

6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 10.10.25

Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.

Class R – Benedict for being ready to learn and always showing a positive learning attitude.
Class 1 – Arlo for increased confidence in his own ability. Well done!
Class 2 – Hannah for fantastic story writing this week.
Class 3 – Ava for super class participation and settling in really well.
Class 4 – The whole of class 4 for being super Hodnet school ambassadors on the school trip this week. We are so proud of you all.
Class 5 – Lacey for always working hard, persevering and showcasing our values. Well done.
Class 6 – Freddie in recognition of his fantastic attitude to learning, being determined, kind and committed. This has been recognised by multiple staff. Well done.
Raffle ticket – Eden in class 3
EYFS/KS1 Headteacher’s award – Hudson in class 1 for being ready to learn and working so hard independently.
KS2 Headteacher’s award – Finn for his outstanding contribution to the Enterprise event at Thomas Adams today. Staff commented on his determined, positive approach and how wonderful it was to see his increased confidence. Well done, keep it up.

6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Celebrating Success. Book Worm 10.10.25

Well done to everyone who received awards or shoutouts this week, we are very proud of you.

Today we celebrated reading in our celebration assembly, with praise for lots of children for their reading at home and reading throughout the curriculum in school.

Class R – Betty
Class 1 – Alice
Class 2 – George
Class 3 – Ava
Class 4 – Scarlett R
Class 5 – Molly D
Class 6 – Charlie

Congratulations to all our chosen Book Worms, your reading at home and school was excellent this week.

Remember to keep up those good reading habits.

6 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Weekly House Points 17.10.25

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 68

Badgers = 105

Squirrels = 92

Foxes = 72

Well done to the Badgers team this week.

7 months ago
Posted on 02nd Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Scholastic book fair

Thank you to families who purchased books this week from the book fair. We now have £315 to spend on new books using the commission from the sales.

7 months ago
Posted on 02nd Oct 2025 by Penny Lyall

Macmillan coffee afternoon

Thank you for supporting MacMillan last Friday. We raised a whopping £546.91. To everyone who donated cakes, came to our coffee afternoon to buy a cake, came to school wearing green and gave at least £1 – thank you, you have supported Macmillan to continue their work to support those in need.

A further £40 was raised by a small group of Y5 girls, who made a range of creative goods to sell with all money raised going towards their ongoing fundraising for cancer research, so far they have raised £150. Well done girls, you should feel very proud of your achievements, we are very proud of you.